Constructing Risk: Disaster, Development, and the Built Environment

Bender, Stephen O.

 
9781800731622: Constructing Risk: Disaster, Development, and the Built Environment

Synopsis

Reviewing current policies and practices, the book assesses the financial, economic and physical risk of building in hazardous areas, and looks at how societies approach economic development while trying to create a more resilient built environment in spite of the dangers. It examines the vulnerability of economic and social infrastructure to natural hazard events, looks at policies which imperil infrastructure, and proposes new development approaches to be undertaken by sovereign states, international development banks, NGOs, and bilateral aid agencies.

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À propos de l?auteur

Stephen O. Bender is an architect and retired staff member of the Department of Sustainable Development of the Organization of American States in Washington D.C. He has acted as a consultant to various international development entities working in Latin America, the Caribbean, and Asia.

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Autres éditions populaires du même titre

9781805393092: Constructing Risk: Disaster, Development, and the Built Environment

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  180539309X ISBN 13 :  9781805393092
Editeur : Berghahn Books, 2024
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